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Name
  
UB-92

Builder
  
AG Vulcan, Hamburg

Commissioned
  
27 April 1918

Draft
  
3.73 m

Ordered
  
6/8 February 1917

Yard number
  
108

Launched
  
25 March 1918

SM UB-92

Cost
  
3,654,000 German Papiermark

SM UB-92 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 27 April 1918 as SM UB-92.

UB-92 was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Bo'ness in 1919/20.

Construction

She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 25 March 1918. UB-92 was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-92 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-92 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-92 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.

References

SM UB-92 Wikipedia


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